On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 08:29:47AM -0400, Robert Waldo wrote:
> Hello all:
> I have been getting the following error for the last few days when I try
> to run the update manager in Kubuntu 7.04:
> E: /var/cache/apt/archives/kde4base-data_3.93.0-0ubuntu1~feisty2_all.deb:
> trying to overwrite
> `/usr/lib/kde4/share/apps/kdeprint/filters/enscript.desktop', which is
> also in package kde4libs-data
>
> I try to update it regularly but the last few days a have been difficult
> with several repository errors. I set my system up with Automatix when i
> installed the system a month ago. Since then I regularly have to manually
> fix or apt-get update individual programs to update the whole system. Has
> anyone encountered this problem, and if so what did you do to fix it? I
> am strongly considering removing automatix but have no proof this is the
> crux of the problem.
>
I've run Debian (basis for Kubuntu) for years, and have periodically had
this problem. It *appears* that from time to time the Debian
repositories have short-term glitches like this, where part of one
package steps on another package. I've worked for hours on it, and the
only solution I've ever found is to tear out chunks of the distribution
which appear to conflict, and reinstall them. It's happened particularly
with X Window, which has gone through some profound changes in the last
few years. I've had to uninstall X and maybe some other packages, and
then apt-get install those packages again. Hairy process. I don't know
anything about Automatix, so I doubt that's the problem.
Paul
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